The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence
A curated American edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Artificial Intelligence (AI).
What to know about Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, reshaping business operations, enhancing customer experiences, and driving innovation across sectors globally and in Australasia. From the surge in AI-driven cybersecurity threats and the adoption of AI in cloud infrastructure to the integration of generative AI in customer service, marketing, and financial sectors, this dynamic field demands close attention.
Experts emphasise the critical role of robust data management and infrastructure in successfully leveraging AI technologies, while organisations face challenges including skill gaps, ethical considerations, and regulatory developments. As AI adoption accelerates, businesses must balance innovation with security, sustainability, and human-centric strategies to thrive in this evolving landscape.
Readers exploring this tag will gain insights into the latest AI trends, practical applications, organisational strategies, technological advancements, and the collaborative efforts shaping the future of AI. Understanding these developments is essential for anyone interested in the impact of artificial intelligence on business, technology, and society.
American Artificial Intelligence News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Global Payments launches Genius World in Las Vegas
Merchants may gain a clearer view of how Global Payments links hardware, software and payments as it takes Genius on a 40-stop US tour.
Women hold 13% of AI C-suite roles, LinkedIn finds
Women are missing out on higher-paid AI jobs and leadership roles, with LinkedIn finding they hold just 13% of C-suite posts globally.
Litera to add Hotshot legal training to CE Manager
Law firms will get practical training and CLE tracking in one system as Hotshot's courses move into Litera CE Manager from Q4 2026.
US workers fear AI dependence more than job losses
Dependence on artificial intelligence is now a bigger worry for US workers than layoffs, with many fearing it could erode creativity and skills.
Blend says Autopilot cuts mortgage loan times by four days
Borrowers could see faster approvals as live-use data showed loan-cycle times falling by up to four days and fulfilment costs dropping.
Thomson Reuters launches new CoCounsel Legal in US
Law firms get a single workflow for research, drafting and verification as the updated system reaches US users, with Canada and Britain to follow.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Artificial Intelligence
Everpure named Gartner leader for enterprise storage
Litera adds AI search & growth tools for law firms
Fortinet buys Virtue AI to boost AI security tools
Gartner urges CFOs to pilot finance AI with governance
Daon wins Frost & Sullivan recognition for biometric model
Featured News
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Estima CEO: Generative AI reshapes pharmaceutical value proof
The HEOR tech firm is using generative AI to cut approval analyses from years to weeks, reshaping launch decisions and regulator responses.
Autonomous IT boom fuelling LogicMonitor's APAC growth
APAC customers are fuelling LogicMonitor's AI growth, with Australia among the earliest adopters of its Edwin AI platform.
CrowdStrike report: AI is rewriting rules of cybersecurity
Organisations now have just 48 hours to patch most flaws, as AI helps attackers weaponise vulnerabilities far faster than before.
Grafana Labs launches six AI tools for telemetry & agents
Grafana Labs has launched six AI observability tools during its AI Week, including new capabilities for monitoring and investigating AI agents.
Theorem study: friction between pre-sales and executed media ads
Theorem's new survey finds friction remains the biggest barrier in enterprise pre-sales, despite widespread automation adoption.
Cohesity mitigating shadow AI by empowering staffers
Approved AI tools are cutting shadow use by staff, but Cohesity warns the bigger risk is corrupted enterprise knowledge and weak governance.
AI arms race forcing businesses to rethink cybersecurity
Security teams are racing to shrink exposure windows as AI makes newly disclosed vulnerabilities exploitable almost immediately.
Check Point CTO on AI's double-edged sword
AI is shrinking the gap between vulnerability disclosure and real-world exploitation to hours, forcing security teams to adapt fast.
TrustedTech report warns of 'AI Skills Underclass' gap
Nearly half of U.S. workers lack AI training, widening a skills gap that leaves the most exposed employees to fend for themselves.
Meet the man behind the Saas-Pocalypse: Emergent's Mukund Jha
The new cash will help Emergent broaden from coding tools into an operating system for small and medium businesses as demand surges.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
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Check Point: Hackers are already in. Act accordingly
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hours or minutes, leaving many organisations compromised before defenders spot the breach.
Future of enterprise software is agentic apps, says Oracle
Oracle is targeting a common blocker to AI adoption by adding governance, human checks and audit trails to its agentic app builder.
Agentic rollout creates new identity security challenge
Poor governance is leaving many AI agents stuck out of production, while those that run can expose firms to legal and security risks.
Human jobs are safe - but AI influence on healthcare growing
AI is helping hospitals cut scan times, clear backlogs and spot disease earlier, while doctors still keep final say over treatment.
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OnBoard says board AI policy key, but lags behind in adoption
Most boards are using AI, but formal guidelines are still missing as adoption races ahead of governance, OnBoard's survey found.
John Margerison on the new class of employee: AI managers
Businesses should treat AI like a new hire, as weak oversight could expose sensitive data and leave staff needing fresh skills to stay relevant.
Exclusive: Dreamdata CEO on why B2B buying funnel isn't linear
Buyers are spending most of the journey before sales speak, forcing marketers to rethink funnels and how they prove return on investment.
Agentic AI creates enterprise challenge beyond LLM boom
Enterprises face rising costs and governance gaps as thousands of AI agents begin operating alongside staff across multiple systems.
Visa strengthens AI defences amid new era of cyber threats
Visa is pouring billions into AI defences as regulators demand safer, auditable systems to counter faster cyber threats and fraud.
The new workforce: AI agents to work in concert with humans
AI agents are set to reshape hiring and team structures, pushing firms towards global talent pools and outcome-based work.
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Data storage gets profitable as Exaba targets US expansion
Exaba's local cloud storage pitch could give US managed services providers higher margins as it challenges AWS and Azure in a crowded market.
Storage to strategy: Everpure pivots to data intelligence
Enterprises wrestling with AI readiness and data sovereignty may gain clearer governance as Everpure adds a new intelligence layer.
How the 'human hour' mentality influences the future of tech
AI pilots are faltering where firms still judge success by hours saved, leaving customer value and workforce design unresolved.
'Strong partnership': Canva, OpenAI team up for hackathon
Hundreds of admin hours are draining staff time from lifesaving, research and STEM work at Australian nonprofits.
Humanoid robots, 0-day defence among Info-Tech trends for '27
Agentic AI, zero-day surge, sovereign cloud, and humanoid robots will define IT strategy in 2027, Info-Tech Research Group warns.
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.
Quantum computers aren't here yet. But the data threat is
Hackers are already stockpiling encrypted data for Q-Day, when quantum machines could break RSA and ECC in minutes.
New Zealand 'ingenuity' driving Lightspeed's global success
Auckland's engineers are shaping Lightspeed's products worldwide, as the company expands AI tools and keeps key leadership in New Zealand.
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
AI data centres are hitting copper limits, pushing Marvell and Nvidia towards optics as clusters grow larger and more distributed.
Check Point Technologies: On vigilance, Mythos and beyond
AI-driven vulnerability scanning is forcing firms to rethink complacency as Check Point says existing defences still help against Mythos.
Exclusive: Reco COO on securing the AI inside your SaaS stack
Reco COO Zoe Hillenmeyer says enterprises typically underestimate their AI agent exposure by a factor of ten and that gap is widening.
Reviews
Expert Columns
Modern data teams: key roles, structures and data quality
The psychology of better decision-making in the real-time enterprise
AI can produce the work, it can't produce the lawyer
When AI memory, simulation and provenance collide
Supercharged security: Cyber risk in the age of frontier AI
What Role Does Data Quality Play in Data Governance?
Why Southeast Asia is becoming a global fintech growth hub
SonicWall joins Anthropic's Project Glasswing to find flaws
Bolt-on AI is the new lipstick on a pig; the pig is still running your enterprise
The post-quantum mandate isn't about algorithms, it's about operational trust
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Artificial Intelligence News
Attentive launches AI Grow to boost email sign-ups
Retailers may lift sign-ups from existing traffic after beta tests showed a median 25% increase in email and SMS subscriptions.
Rillet raises USD $100 million at USD $1 billion valuation
The funding doubles the accounting software group's total raised to more than USD $200 million as customers adopt AI tools for finance teams.
ASAE uses live captions & translation in Indianapolis
More than 5,500 attendees at ASAE's Indianapolis meeting could follow sessions in their own language or via captions without extra kit.
CleanStart expands Middle East, Africa security push
Rising use of AI coding tools is widening software supply-chain risks for businesses across the Middle East, Türkiye and Africa.
Iveda launches long-endurance helicopter drone line
Public safety and emergency teams could get longer overwatch and delivery missions as gas-powered drones stay airborne for more than 150 minutes.
M&T Bank & RDC.AI win Banking Tech award for credit insight
The award highlights how predictive analytics is helping M&T Bank spot credit risks earlier and cut alert noise for commercial lenders.
Xero unveils US payroll & payments push with Gusto
Small businesses may be able to run payroll, payments and bookkeeping in one system as Xero deepens its US push with new tools.
Adobe says AI travel traffic to US sites jumps 119%
Travellers are increasingly starting searches with AI, and travel sites that are hard for models to read may miss out on bookings.
Vector expands AI literacy courses for schools & colleges
Schools and colleges are under pressure to set AI rules as the new courses aim to close staff and student skills gaps.
AdvisorFinder launches AI visibility tool for advisers
Financial advisers risk being overlooked as clients increasingly use generative AI and search engines to pick firms, the company says.
Concentric AI adds vision model to spot sensitive files
Security teams can now spot blurred passports and licences at scale, as the new feature classifies sensitive files by visual cues alone.
Aprio launches venture arm for AI & tech investments
The US advisory firm is formalising years of AI investments with a dedicated unit that will test tools inside its accounting and client work.
Impala launches MCP server for philanthropy data in AI
Foundation teams can now query verified grant data in Claude and ChatGPT, as Impala bets on AI-powered analysis over proposal drafting.
Synchrony & OpenAI launch discoverability & innovation tie-up
The tie-up could push financing offers and rewards directly into AI shopping, testing whether shoppers will use credit inside ChatGPT.
NVIDIA backs Ohio AI campus for OpenAI at PORTS-Pike
The deal underscores how scarce power and land have become for AI expansion, with OpenAI planning a huge Ohio facility over 20 years.
Diversified launches global managed services practice
Clients with complex technology estates could see tighter oversight and faster issue resolution as Diversified centralises managed services globally.
Coinbase adds AI agent & USDT payments for merchants
Merchants can now take automated purchases and USDT, as Coinbase widens its business payments tools to more than 5,000 companies.
Findustry AI adds chargeback automation to Maverick
Merchants on Maverick's platform can now contest disputes faster as Findustry AI's Chargeback Agent automates evidence gathering and submissions.
LoanPro makes Inc. 5000 list for fifth time in 2026
Its lending software has helped customers scale loan volumes without adding staff, underpinning 92 per cent revenue growth over three years.
Iveda & GlobalMed partner to target government agencies
Federal buyers could gain faster access to drones and telehealth tools as the firms combine surveillance, location and care systems.
Job Moves
Diversified launches global managed services practice
Zingtree appoints Venkat Iyer as Chief Technology Officer
Ondaro promotes three to vice president in ServiceNow shift
Jazz appoints six senior leaders as DLP push scales
Corsha appoints new chief operating & product officers
Zayo appoints Verizon's Sampath as Chief Executive
QuSecure appoints ex-Navy admiral to advisory board
Verizon programme helps Florida optician grow revenue
Agiloft appoints Kristin Knox Esche as General Counsel
